by our College Data Analytics TeamStudents interested in criminal justice & police science, consider exploring other closely related fields of study. The sections below cover majors with similar career paths, related concentrations and specializations, and the most popular similar majors, ranked by annual graduates.
These majors prepare graduates for occupations that overlap with those of criminal justice & police science, based on the NCES CIP-to-SOC career crosswalk. Ordered by the number of shared occupations.
| Similar Major | Shared Careers | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Criminalistics and Criminal Science | 3 | 584 |
| Cyber/Computer Forensics and Counterterrorism | 3 | 2,377 |
| Environmental/Natural Resources Law Enforcement and Protective Services | 3 | 224 |
| Financial Forensics and Fraud Investigation | 3 | 324 |
| Geospatial Intelligence | 2 | 53 |
| Law Enforcement Intelligence Analysis | 2 | 190 |
| Criminology | 1 | 10,365 |
| Cybersecurity Defense Strategy/Policy | 1 | 999 |
| Forensic Science and Technology | 1 | 4,612 |
| Homeland Security, Other | 1 | 213 |
As a more focused area within Criminal Justice and Corrections, criminal justice & police science shares its foundations with the other majors in that field.
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